KARACHI, March 21: Twenty-one vehicles — 10 cars and 11 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Thursday, the police said.

Five cars were hijacked. Five others were stolen.

Four motorcycles were hijacked. Seven others were stolen.

DIE: A PIA airhostess died in mysterious circumstances in Nazimabad on Thursday.

The police said that Azra Shahnaz, aged 32, came to a private clinic-cum-maternity home in Nazimabad No 2 complaining of weakness.

A lady doctor checked her blood pressure which was low. The doctor left the room for a few minutes, and when she returned, she found the patient dead, the police said quoting the doctor.

A two-year-old boy died and his mother was injured when an explosion took place in an underground water tank in their house in Korangi industrial Area in the night.

The mother had lighted a match stick to see the water level in the underground water tank in their house in Junejo Town.

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